Vending machine



May 25 1926.

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INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented May 25,1926.

: UNITE DzQSTAT ES PATENT- FF1ICE- HUBERT ivornnoom, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

, VENDING MACHINE.

Application filed April 23,1924; Serial No. 708,497.

This invention. relates to vending .ma-,

chines, and an object of the invention is to' provide a. coin operated vending. machine particularly designed for vending flat, preferably elongated articles, such as combs.

Another object of this invention is to provide a vending machine as specified which will .vend combs. or -similar articles in an economical, expeditious-manner, and which is properly designed for use in railway sta-' 'tions,-hotels, or analogous places frequented bythe public, whereby they can obtain an efiicient comb at .a minimum expense, and

alsoto provide a vendingmachine which is easy .to operate and is designed to reduce to a minimum, liability of clogging or 1m proper operation of the machinev I A further-object of the invention is to provide a vending machine inv which a dispensing mechanism is provided lncludinga plurality of kick-out arms, operated through a series of pawl or. cam structures by the.

pensing of an object, to-provide means for preventing. improper operation of the machine by reversed rotation of the manually operated stub-shaft.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the following detail description, and in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is aperspective view of the improved vending machine.

Figure2 is a front elevation of the vending machine'with the front side removed.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the coin controlled object dispensing or. vending mechanism. p

Figure 4 is a vertical cross section through the object dispensing mechanism taken on the line 4- 1 of Figure 2.

Figure 5is a vertical cross section through the vending machine taken on the line 55 of Figure 2. V I

Figure 6 is a detail horizontal section through the vending machine.

Fig. 7 is a detail view of the dispensing arms.

Referring more (particularly to the drawings, the improve vending machine compense one of the combs.

prises-ahousing1which may be construct ed in any approved manner. I

Inthe present invention, the combs or other objects to be dispensed or vended are placed in a suitable guide 2, and they are passed downwardly uponthe sectio1r3 of the top 4 of the supportingstructure 50f the coin controlled dispensing mechanism by.

asuitable weight 6, in the same manner in which they are forced upon the top of the dispensing mechanism of the companion application, above referred to. The section 7 of the top 4 is spaced above the section 3'to provide a space 8 between the adjacent edges of the sections 3 and 7 to permit the passage of combs or other articles therethrough and the combs or otherfarticles dispensed are guided by the apron 9 to the dispensing opening 10 in the housing 1. 1

The combs are abutted through the space 9 by the kick-out or dispensing arms 11,

which are rockably mounted upon'a suitable shaft 12. The lower ends of the arms 11 areconnec'ted by a bar 13 to'insure synchronous movement of the two arms. The upper ends of the arms have transversely bent horizontal portions 1 1 which extend along the undersurface of the section 3, and they have upstanding comb engaging heads 15 mounted thereon which are notched, as shownat 16, to properly engage the combs or other objects to be dispensed one at a time, and

force them throughthe space 9. A stub shaft 17 is rotatablyIcarried by the end 18' of the supporting structure of the coin controlled mechanismand it projects outwardly through the housing 1 and has a thumb button or head 19 thereon to .permitits manual rotation. A cam 20 is rigidly mounted on the shaft 17 and engages against the outer receiving portion. 21. cut therefrom into which a coin is placed when desired to dis- WVhen the coin is forced into the space 21 through the coin receiving slot 22 in thehousing, it will displace the stop 23, which normally engages one edge of the recess 21 and prevents rotasurface of the end 18. The cam 20 has a coin i v The cam arm 25 is formed integrally with the arm 11 at the right-hand end of the coin controlled dispensing mechanism, and

upon the engagement of the arcuate edge of the cam 21 with the lateral arcuate cam 24, the arms 11 are moved rearwardly to engage the lowermost comb which is resting upon the section 3. The continued rotationof the stub shaft brings the cam 26 which engages against the inner surface of the end 18 into engagement with the cam projection 24 01). the cam arm 25 and rocks the arms 11, moving them towards the space 9 for forcing the comb engaged by the shoulders 16 through the space 9 and outwardly though the dispensing opening in the hous in 1.

llhe cam 21 has a straight radial shoulder 28 thereon which is overhung by a hook 29, so that when the stub shaft 17 is rotated in a reversed direction, the shoulder will engage the rear end of the lateral cam 24, while the hook 29 will engage over the upper side of thecam projection 2a and lock the stub shaft 17 and arms 11 against movement, thereby preventing clogging orimproper operation of the mechanism,

The fiat spring 23 is carried by a plate 33 which is attached to the outer surface of the end 18, and a spacing tongue 34 is struck from the end 18 to co-operate with the plate 33 inproperly spacing the coin controlled dispensing mechanism within the housing.

The coins are discharged from the coin receiving recess into cam 23 by the rotation of the cam and the same fall into the bottom of the housing in which they are removed when desired, by removing the front side of the casing 1.

\Vhile in the foregoing description, the improved vending machine has been described, as particularly designed for vending combs, it is understood that it may be utilized for vending any analogous articles without departing from the spirit of this invention.

It is, of course, to. be understood, that the invention may be constructed in various other manners and the parts associated in different relations, and therefore, I do not desire to be limited in any manner, except as set forth in the claims hereunto appended.

hat I claim is 1. In a vending machine, article ejecting arms, a manually rotatable stub shaft, a plurality of cams connecting said stub shaft and arms whereby the arms will be moved intoarticle receiving position upon initial movement of each operation of the stub shaft, a second series of cams for moving said arms into article ejecting position upon continued rotation of said stub shaft, a stop normally preventing rotation of said stub shaft, and

means on the first named cams for co-operation with the second named cams to prevent reversed rotation of said stub shaft.

2. In a vending machine, a dispensing mechanism including an inverted U=structure, the top surface of which is cut out to provide an article ejecting space, a cover plate spaced upwardly from and over said ejecting space, a spacing plate between said plate and said top surface adjacent said ejecting space, article ejecting arms having upstanding shoulders formed thereon for engagement against the edge of an article to'be ejected, and means for moving said arms simultaneously towards said ejecting space.-

In a vending machine, a dispensing mechanism including an inverted U-structure, the top surface of which is. cut out to provide an article ejecting space, a cover plate spaced upwardly from and over said ejecting space, a spacing plate between said plate and said top surface adjacent said ejecting space, article ejecting arms having upstanding shoulders formed thereon for en gagement against the edge of an article to. be ejected, a pair of spaced slots in said top surface at rightangles to said ejecting space, said article eject-ing arms adapted for movement in said spaced slots, a laterally extending cam arm formed on one of said arms, a laterally bent cam on the free end of said cam arm for operating the ejecting arms simultaneously to eject an article through said ejecting space.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HUBERT NOTEBOOM. 

